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  1. Thunderbolt
    [Marvel Comics] Thunderbolt is the name of two fictional characters in Marvel Comics. ==Fictional character biography== ===William Carver=== Months later, William`s younger brother Lonnie Carver was gunned down in front of him. At the funeral, William spotted Lonnie`s murderer and chased him...
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  2. Thunderbolt
    [Coney Island] The Thunderbolt was a wooden roller coaster located at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. It operated from 1925 until 1982 and was finally demolished in autumn 2000. It was designed by John Miller. == History == It was featured briefly in Woody Allen`s 1977 film Annie Hall as...
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  3. Thunderbolt
    [Six Flags New England] Thunderbolt is a wooden roller coaster currently located at Six Flags New England. Opened in 1941, It was designed by Harry Baker and Harry Traver, and built by Joseph Drambour. Thunderbolt is currently the oldest roller coaster at Six Flags New England. It is also th...
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  4. Thunderbolt
    HMS Thunderbolt (formerly HNS Thetis) was a British Triton Class patrol type submarine of 1090 tons displacement built by Cammell Laird and launched in 1938 and sunk during the Second World War. She was armed with one 4-inch gun; two smaller guns and ten 21-inch torpedo tubes. She had a top speed of...
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  5. Thunderbolt
    [Kennywood] The Thunderbolt is a wooden roller coaster located at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. Originally built by John A. Miller in 1924, the ride`s name was Pippin until 1967, when it changed to Thunderbolt beginning with the 1968 season, coinciding with a...
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  6. Thunderbolt
    [1995 film] Peter Cheung The film is set around the world of racing. The film is also multi-lingual with characters speaking Cantonese, English and Japanese interchangeably. Because Jackie had injured his leg during the shooting of Rumble in the Bronx he was unable to perform some of the stu...
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  7. Thunderbolt
    [disambiguation] A thunderbolt is a discharge of lightning accompanied by a loud thunderclap, or a symbolic representation thereof. Thunderbolt may also refer to: ==Military== ===Aircraft=== ===Naval vessels=== ===Operations=== ===Other=== ==Technology== ==People== ==Places== ==Transportatio...
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  8. Thunderbolt
    [1910 film] Thunderbolt is a 1910 film in the genre of "outlaw" films at the time that tended to glorify the life of the outlaw "Bushrangers" that roamed the Australian outback in pre-commonwealth days. Shortly after this movie was made, the government of New South Wales banned the manufactu...
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  9. Thunderbolt
    [1929 film] The movie was adapted by Herman J. Mankiewicz, Joseph L. Mankiewicz (titles) and Josef von Sternberg from the story by Charles Furthman and Jules Furthman. It was directed by von Sternberg. Bancroft was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. ...
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  10. Thunderbolt
    A thunderbolt is a discharge of lightning accompanied by a loud thunderclap or its symbolic representation. In its original usage the word may also have been a description of meteors, or, as Plato suggested in Timaeus, of the consequences of a close approach between two planetary cosmic bodies, tho...
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  11. thunderbolt
    [n] - a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
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  12. thunderbolt
    In mythology, a destructive bolt or dart (lightning) used as a weapon during a battle between the gods (a thunderstorm), or aimed at humans. The Greek god Zeus wielded thunderbolts, and the concept...
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  13. thunderbolt
    lightning discharge which proceeds from cloud to ground. It follows a tortuous course and is usually branched downwards from a distinct main channel (forked lightning). Category: The cosmos
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  14. Thunderbolt
    Thun'der·bolt` noun 1. A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth. 2. Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness. « ...
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  15. thunderbolt
    1. A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth. ... 2. Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness. 'The Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war.' (Dryden) ... 3. Vehement threatening or...
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  16. thunderbolt
    bolt noun a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
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  17. Thunderbolt
    • (n.) Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness. • (n.) Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination. • (n.) A belemnite, or thunderstone. • (n.) A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from on...
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  18. thunderbolt
    • a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
    • a shocking surprise

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  19. Thunderbolt
    Thunderbolt is an action adventure starring Jackie Chan in a story about a racing driver's sisters being kidnapped by a Hong Kong crime lord, and he agreeing to a bizarre challenge in an attempt to save their lives. Thunderbolt was directed by Gordon Chan in 1995.
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  20. Thunderbolt
    [website] Thunderbolt is an independent videogames website that was launched on November 20, 2000 by Philip Morton . Thunderbolt publishes reviews, previews and features covering the major gaming platforms, particularly consoles. The site is run by volunteers who reside in the UK, North Amer...
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  21. Thunderbolt
    [car] Thunderbold is a British Land Speed Record holder of the 1930s, driven by Captain George E.T. Eyston == Records held == Between 1937 and 1939, the competition for the Land Speed Record was between two Englishmen: Captain Eyston and John Cobb. Thunderbolt`s first record was set at {conv...
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  22. Thunderbolt
    [Dreamworld] The Thunderbolt was a steel roller coaster at the Dreamworld theme park on the Gold Coast, Australia. It was the park`s original roller coaster opening in April 1982 before being closed on 8 August 2003. It was demolished the following year. ==History== On 15 December 1981, Drea...
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  23. Thunderbolt
    [interface] Thunderbolt (codenamed Light Peak) is an interface for connecting peripheral devices to a computer via an expansion bus. Thunderbolt was developed by Intel and brought to market with technical collaboration from Apple Inc. It was introduced commercially on Apple`s updated MacBook...
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  24. Thunderbolt
    [Norwegian band] Thunderbolt is a Norwegian heavy metal band, formed in Oslo in 2001. ==History== Thunderbolt, named after the WWII fighter plane Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, was formed in Oslo in 2001 by previous members of the Hardcore group Lash Out. Drummer Vegard Waske, guitarists Frank J...
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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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